SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492016-12-09T20:18:01-07:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #740281 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #740281urn:uuid:9267a616-9c1f-a5c3-5aa4-74831bbbfe7e2016-03-19T10:14:51-06:00<p>I used the xbee s6b wifi module in my project and it worked posting to the sparkfun data server.
I&rsquo;ve never used the gprs modules but I can imagine if it hooks up similarly it will work fine.
I know it&rsquo;s been 3 months since you asked the question but I thought I&rsquo;d let you know anyway</p>Dian Kurniawan on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBDian Kurniawanurn:uuid:c0f50742-dd20-8797-9373-b61cf248b3ec2015-12-18T04:32:36-07:00<p>I already bought this board for my final project. Can I send the data from this board to a web server via gprs using SIM900 module?</p>Customer #552828 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #552828urn:uuid:cc3ff663-cba9-a586-7851-7776dfa29e412015-06-15T16:47:26-06:00<p>Can I use a Dht 11 with this board? what pins can I use?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:65303729-3df2-d6a7-4893-14fcd8fad5172014-04-15T14:03:41-06:00<p>Hello, sorry for the late response. Have you solved your problem? The libraries included with the 1.4 version of the software should solve your problem (note that you need to replace older versions of the libraries with the new ones). If you&rsquo;re still having problems please contact our tech support department, they&rsquo;ll be happy to help you out.</p>bdicken on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBbdickenurn:uuid:de544c18-0522-2b55-8c5d-073beabb42c42014-03-19T17:28:30-06:00<p>I hate asking for help on an obsoleted product, but I have one and I would like to get it working enough to use it.</p>
<p>I also have the same problem with the libraries&hellip; Class SHT1x has no member connectionReset</p>
<p>I pulled the libraries from the distribution. Any thoughts ?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:3b71949b-404e-ab70-905e-216f0a442c2f2014-01-04T13:22:56-07:00<p>This version of the Weather Board has been retired because the BMP085 pressure sensor that it relies on has been discontinued. But don&rsquo;t worry, we&rsquo;re finishing up a revision of this board that uses the newer BMP180. Unfortunately there is currently a worldwide shortage of those parts so it&rsquo;s taking longer than we hoped to switch over. Sorry for the inconvenience; look for the new version in late February or early March.</p>Customer #486618 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #486618urn:uuid:604f9a3f-4658-2e30-f04d-d3ba6e3eca2e2014-01-03T19:37:31-07:00<p>I see that there are zero of these in stock, and there are zero planned. Is it being discontinued? I&rsquo;ve been using v2 for a project at work, and we were hoping to buy a few of these for our next project. Unfortunately, the shield version (along with a separate Arduino board) would make things too thick for our application. Please bring them back!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:84e03b5a-8e88-6c24-15a3-492e9095d6942013-11-19T18:40:00-07:00<p>This is Nate&rsquo;s baby so I can&rsquo;t give out any details, but we&rsquo;re very close to production so you should see it on the storefront within the next few weeks.</p>Customer #457125 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #457125urn:uuid:0ce4f50f-0da9-d96d-7bda-53b8872eb19d2013-11-19T18:29:40-07:00<p>When is this version planned released? Do you have more info about this shield version?</p>otrab on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBotraburn:uuid:114aabd0-796f-c584-fd96-00e7c79479492013-11-09T09:44:42-07:00<p>thanks</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:558f0376-5ac9-27d9-3eff-bd0a4c56bf812013-11-08T15:08:44-07:00<p>No, this means that you can set the sample rate anywhere from 0 seconds to 47 days in one second increments. If you want to sample every second, it can do that. If you want to sample once per month it can do that as well.</p>otrab on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBotraburn:uuid:b2eb04df-72a1-8068-1149-71ddb2bb216e2013-11-08T04:59:17-07:00<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I do not understand what that means
&ldquo;Changed sample_rate to 32-bit, max = 4294966 seconds (47 days)&rdquo;</p>
<p>should I manually reset every 47 days the weather board v3?
it&rsquo;s for a long time instalation</p>
<p>Best Regards,
Sebastian</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:74239f30-740c-00f9-62ef-f67cf1ad6e842013-11-05T13:16:24-07:00<p>You&rsquo;re seeing a few lines of valid CSV data, then the board stops responding? Here are a few possibilities to check:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Ensure you&rsquo;re using a good power supply.</p></li>
<li><p>Ensure your terminal program is working as you expect (it may not be showing new data). The Weather Board will blink the green status LED each time it outputs a line of data. Does the LED continue to blink after the text stops?</p></li>
<li><p>If it isn&rsquo;t, update the Weather Board to the latest firmware available at the top of the page (pressing &ldquo;CTRL-Z&rdquo; to show the Menu will show the current version; the latest version is 1.4). A recent fix in the new firmware is a lock-up-after-reset issue, but that issue would not have displayed any data.</p></li>
<li><p>If you continue to have problems, please contact our tech support department, who will be happy to help you further and get you replacement hardware if necessary.</p></li>
</ul>
Customer #42384 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #42384urn:uuid:00cc34e7-a66f-b2a4-d888-fa9871af527b2013-10-31T13:38:27-06:00<p>Just recently got the weather board. I have set the output to CSV format. I am using Coolterm as terminal program as suggested on this forum, After I reset the board, I see the word RESET. Then after a few lines of output, the terminal program does not display any data. What could be the issue. I need to capture this data into a file.</p>Customer #457125 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #457125urn:uuid:c7ec4e94-b13c-35b9-c94c-1a9655cc5ac92013-10-18T02:55:18-06:00<p>I want to measure how often a pump i starting and stopping. The pump is controlled by an flotation sensor.</p>
<p>Is it possible to measure this by the weather board (I2C?) ?
I use the weather-display software and it would be nice to get the graph of how often the pump starts.</p>
<p>Look at this sketch: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzXszPb1ByPmcGdBLV9hN3UwSms/edit?usp=sharing</p>
<p>I appreciate if someone would help me!</p>DaAwesomeP on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBDaAwesomePurn:uuid:f882d3b3-dd6f-0624-98c2-0be9b30ddd812013-10-14T18:32:52-06:00<p>One suggestion: <strong>Omit the ambient Light Sensor.</strong> I think that most people buying this board would just the most common data (Wind, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure). I mean honestly, <em>12:00AM: dark; 1:00AM: dark; 5:00AM a little lighter; 8:00 AM: very bright.</em> If you really wanted to measure it, you could either attach the breakout board separately or just use a photo resistor. Maybe there could be an &ldquo;expansion port.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Just a suggestion</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:1505fab7-5f98-fb46-fd94-8ee2a8e8b75e2013-10-14T18:15:23-06:00<p>(I&rsquo;ll give you an inside scoop that we&rsquo;re going to be releasing a shield version of the weather board within the next two months. Since you&rsquo;re going to be duplicating a lot of it you might consider waiting. ;)</p>DaAwesomeP on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBDaAwesomePurn:uuid:b15bb1e4-d9ed-f607-3964-41b9dff7e1192013-10-14T18:11:14-06:00<p><strong>Thanks so much!</strong> I can&rsquo;t wait to get started on this project!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:c47022e9-663f-4cba-7bdc-e305fab1522b2013-10-14T18:02:52-06:00<ol>
<li>Yes. Note that I2C only needs one set of pullup resistors. Each BOB probably has them, so disable all the pullups except for one set.</li>
<li>The humidity sensor also runs at 3.3V. Be sure to power these from the Arduino&rsquo;s 3.3V supply, and on the I2C lines, use pullup resistors to 3.3V (the BOB should handle this).</li>
<li>You don&rsquo;t need to change any of it, just duplicate it. The diodes are there for static shock protection and can be left out if desired.</li>
<li>I would personally use the serial port to send data to the Raspberry Pi, either via USB with a FTDI driver, or directly to the UART pins on the 26-pin header. The weather board code is already all set up to do this, and you won&rsquo;t have to write your own software to turn it into an I2C or SPI slave.</li>
</ol>
DaAwesomeP on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBDaAwesomePurn:uuid:a9626ee2-048e-1756-9370-ecadfbe853df2013-10-14T15:50:56-06:00<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> So could I just plug in the <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8257" rel="nofollow" >Humidity/Temperature Sensor</a> and <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11282" rel="nofollow" >Barometric Pressure/Temperature</a> Breakouts directly into the I2C on the Arduino?</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> I noticed that the Barometric Pressure Sensor runs at 3.3v, but what about the Humidity Sensor?</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> I noticed that there is a portion on the schematic that is dedicated to the <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8942" rel="nofollow" >Weather Meters</a> (Wind and Rain). Would I have to change any of it to use it with an Arduino? (would there be voltage problems?)</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> Lastly, I am going to use a Raspberry Pi as the data logger/web server (I may end up using a faster computer for the server). <strong>Should I just use USB/Serial (Serial over USB; built into the Arduino Board) or would I2C be faster?</strong> I would have the Arduino as the master and then send the processed information to the Raspberry Pi. Would the SDA/SCL lines be slower because of the sensors on the &ldquo;network?&rdquo; It seems (from what I saw in the code) that the Arduino would be constantly sending data to the Raspberry Pi, not only if there is a change (I could alter this, of course). <strong>So, USB/Serial or I2C?</strong> Now that I think of it, <strong>what about SPI?</strong></p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:6df77048-6681-94f9-b024-0043f4a4a4882013-10-14T13:21:47-06:00<ol>
<li><p>That&rsquo;s hard to say, I believe the precision specs are comparable, but I&rsquo;ll usually see a degree difference between them. You should do your own calibration against a known source if you need absolute accuracy.</p></li>
<li><p>You can certainly implement everything on another Arduino, with the sensors on our breakout boards, and the code should run without modifications as long as all the sensor lines are going to the same pins (or if you modify the code to use your new pins).</p></li>
</ol>
DaAwesomeP on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBDaAwesomePurn:uuid:9d6bcac0-3d64-5164-48b7-67ffd2b1fed72013-10-10T15:57:06-06:00<p><strong> I am really interested in this product!</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Which is better (more accurate) for measuring temperature? The BMP085 or the SHT15?</li>
<li>Could I build the board/circuit myself with an Arduino Uno, or would I need to buy a raw AtMega 328 (needs to support the Weather Meters)?</li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks.</p>Maxwell on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMaxwellurn:uuid:fce18473-cbfc-263b-2525-c1ffc70d6b702013-09-10T23:14:09-06:00<p>I notice that there is no connection to pin9 of the XBee socket. I am thinking of modding the board so I can get a signal on the Sleep pin, so I can alter the software and cut the power consumption way down. Before I do, has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.</p>IAfree on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBIAfreeurn:uuid:dbfa76cb-e506-1c73-ea2c-ad30326bf8ae2013-09-07T17:05:01-06:00<p>Very helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>Was experiencing this with the BMP085 pressure reading. After re-visiting <a href="http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Sensors/Weather/USB_Weather_Board_V3_datasheet_110615.pdf" rel="nofollow" >USB_Weather_Board_V3_datasheet_130705.pdf</a>, realized I needed to adjust my station altitude since I was measuring relative pressure type (as opposed to absolute).</p>
<p>Prior to updating my station altitude I was getting a BMP085 pressure reading of &ldquo;35.547 inHg FAIL&rdquo;. Further investigation showed that the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded is 25.69 inHg (Super Typhoon Tip) and the highest ever recorded being 32.03 inHg (Tonsontsengel, Mongolia). Once I corrected my station altitude (via CTRL-Z) my readings came in at an acceptable level of ~29.959 inHg, and the &ldquo;FAIL&rdquo; display went away.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:7d0d84eb-902a-0681-3202-ec793b036b602013-09-03T13:36:39-06:00<p>Look through the rest of these comments. There is a bit of discussion on that subject.</p>Customer #211512 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #211512urn:uuid:4880a4fc-0946-e124-ec9d-a408a8ece5802013-08-28T09:07:37-06:00<p>Is there a recommended method to mount the unit? The case would have to allow air flow for accurate temperature readings, and a way to expose the light sensor to the sun. Thanks</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a785a35a-8ea6-518d-b9aa-5e324616f0c02013-07-17T10:43:20-06:00<p>Hi Matt, funny you should ask, we just released a fix for that bug. Try out the new firmware available on Github at: <a href="https://github.com/sparkfun/USB_Weather_Board" rel="nofollow" >https://github.com/sparkfun/USB_Weather_Board</a> and let us know if it solves your issue.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:62be5e37-1ef7-06d0-b784-1bff7920bed52013-07-17T10:41:38-06:00<p><strong>New firmware V1.4 is available.</strong> This firmware improves operation and fixes several issues.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Because the Arduino Serial Monitor does not support control characters, you can now use &lsquo;z&rsquo; &lsquo;Z&rsquo; or CTRL-Z to enter the menu system. The menu code has also been changed to fully support the Arduino Serial Monitor for data entry. Operation is unchanged for other terminal software.</p></li>
<li><p>A problem was identified and fixed for an intermittent startup lockup on some units. The SHT15 is not a true I2C sensor, but uses the I2C bus. It was found that this sensor could lock up the current implementation of Arduino&rsquo;s Wire library on startup. Nathan Isherwood submitted a SHT15 library patch that works around this issue. <strong>Note that you will need to replace your SHT15 library with the supplied version</strong> (see below).</p></li>
<li><p>An incorrect rain gauge constant was identified thanks to Michael Bauer.</p></li>
<li><p>Moved all constant strings to flash; there are now over 1K bytes free!</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The new firmware is located on Github at: <a href="https://github.com/sparkfun/USB_Weather_Board" rel="nofollow" >https://github.com/sparkfun/USB_Weather_Board</a>. You can download it by clicking the <a href="https://github.com/sparkfun/USB_Weather_Board/archive/master.zip" rel="nofollow" >&ldquo;Download ZIP&rdquo;</a> button. This code was tested under Arduino versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.5. Be sure to replace your current library versions with the libraries included in the archive. Installation instructions are included in the Readme file.</p>Matt on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMatturn:uuid:296e76ac-4234-b746-45bb-ce5cf1c06fdd2013-07-16T13:19:00-06:00<p>Has anyone ever had any issues with one of these hanging? I have it plugged into a linux box, I connect using <code>screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600</code>. I then get a &ldquo;RESET&rdquo; and nothing else. It hangs and does not accept a ctrl-z.</p>Customer #441937 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #441937urn:uuid:de57e66b-0870-ef60-ad73-921fa5730a732013-06-23T17:39:44-06:00<p>My Mac running the Arduino IDE does not accept the control-Z command to configure the board. I don&rsquo;t know why, but I did find a way to configure the board with the Mac. In case anyone else has this problem, here is how I solved it. I used the TERMINAL program that comes with OSX. You will need to know the name of the port your Mac is using for the board. You can get this by running the Arduino IDE and pulling down the &ldquo;Tools&rdquo; menu. Look at the &ldquo;Serial Port&rdquo; item in that menu and the port name will appear there. When the program starts running, type this code (be careful to use the correct case for the letters and put in a space between the &ldquo;screen&rdquo; command and the first &ldquo;/&rdquo;):</p>
<p>screen /def/the rest of the port name you get from the Arduino IDE &ldquo;Tools&rdquo; menu</p>
<p>Press Return. The screen will go blank for an instant and then you will see the data from the board appear. Now you can enter control-Z. I had to type it a couple of times because the data is coming in so fast (the default setting is one data set each 2 seconds) that the serial port is busy handling the incoming data for a lot of the time. You have to find a gap when the port is idle so that it can &ldquo;hear&rdquo; your control-Z. When it does hear the command, the configuration menu appears and you can proceed exactly as described in the SparkFun data sheet.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:87f20443-b8c9-a8ac-2615-b9bedf70ac9c2013-05-23T13:37:57-06:00<p>This board includes a <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8348" rel="nofollow" >TEMT6000 light sensor</a>, which is a phototransistor that is sensitive to visual wavelengths. The spectral response is in the datasheet which is linked at the top of this page. The stock software outputs a percentage value from this sensor, however this is simply the sensor&rsquo;s voltage response and is not calibrated to any real-world units. We highly encourage people to modify the board and code for their purposes; with some measurements against a calibrated instrument or station you could likely use the sensor to estimate local insolation in the units of your choice. Do note that this sensor does not have the UV and IR response of a true pyranometer, but on the plus side, it is a fraction of the cost. The board is already set up to easily accommodate a remote light sensor (see the USB Weather Board Datasheet linked above for details); I&rsquo;d be comfortable extending it a foot or two without significant signal degradation.</p>
<p>The anemometer and wind direction sensor inputs are set up to count switch closures as used in the Weather Meters that we carry. You could likely easily adapt it to other sensors; we&rsquo;ve provided full schematics, board layouts, and software source to encourage you to do so.</p>Customer #399242 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #399242urn:uuid:9e6698cc-0d96-95b8-a10e-211889a7b5f22013-05-16T11:47:41-06:00<p>This weather board sounds awesome. But It says it measures light intensity. What kind of light does it measure? In the weather station market this means all sorts of things. Most stations measure solar radiation in W/M2 or watts per square meter. I&rsquo;ve also seen light measured in Lux. The Weather Bug stations at least the older ones measured light as a fraction and was expressed in the same way as humidity &ldquo;%&rdquo;. Some stations also measure light in footcandles. I&rsquo;d also like to extend the sensor away from the board. It&rsquo;s not too hard to remove a component with a soldering iron but how long of a cable can I extend the sensors without severally impacting the accuracy?</p>
<p>As for the wind sensors, Can this board be used with industrial grade anemometers such as NRG, R.M. Young, and Campbell Scientific?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:6ca143cc-3705-ffcf-0e97-253fe09297842013-04-30T18:35:34-06:00<p>Yes, that should work fine.</p>Customer #429503 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #429503urn:uuid:fdeff618-ee7e-292a-8f3a-1ce7eb12ab4c2013-04-26T15:25:53-06:00<p>Hi,
is possible to reset the board, by an external pin? for example, sending a low signal, using GPIO output from another board, to pin 5 (RST) of ISP programming header.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:621a8e49-01e1-b3ed-522d-ff75b51b3b3e2013-04-23T11:42:42-06:00<p>ok tq, i will let u know there any problem occur..</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:1f3f2121-b7f4-b232-40c1-a8214a5507862013-04-23T11:39:21-06:00<p>Yes, it&rsquo;s possible to set the sample rate to 1800 seconds. I&rsquo;m not sure what your data loss issue was; the board should be cable of running 24/7. Please let us know if you continue to have problems.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:f5b73d61-088f-b75f-dade-bc8d513a64ae2013-04-23T10:45:19-06:00<p>hai, i would like to ask, is it possible if i set the sample rate=1800 seconds? and is it possible the data will be loss if i run the program 24/7?because i had lost some data when the board in connected. thank you,.</p>Customer #429503 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #429503urn:uuid:64c2bcc3-1f86-d638-0dd8-2a89ec77362e2013-04-17T16:17:13-06:00<p>Thank you very much for your attention, I have been very helpful !!!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:9da2a226-dc31-51fb-d881-c6da10fdc9e12013-04-17T11:19:25-06:00<blockquote><p>is possible to retrieve information on request? ie, send a command xxx and receive response without using the function of sending readings every x time. If possible, as is done?.</p></blockquote>
<p>The supplied firmware is only set up to send data every x seconds. You could certainly reprogram it yourself, with a bit of work, to support polled operation.</p>
<blockquote><p>Regarding running time, how long it would last with a 5V battery and 2100 mAh?</p></blockquote>
<p>The USB Weather Board Datasheet says that the board (running the stock firmware) uses 15mA continuous without a radio, and 60mA with. This results in 140 hours / 35 hours.</p>
<blockquote><p>Would not it be better to use a solar panel with the features needed in this case? Know anyone that fits these characteristics and where to buy?.</p></blockquote>
<p>This board doesn&rsquo;t have charging facilities included because different people have different needs. In your case you&rsquo;ll probably want to set up your own solar panel and battery system, and power the board from that.</p>Customer #429503 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #429503urn:uuid:18a0ae5a-1080-b68b-bf34-b9f4e8e5b3062013-04-17T02:43:19-06:00<p>Thanks for your reply. I have some more questions: is possible to retrieve information on request? ie, send a command xxx and receive response without using the function of sending readings every x time. If possible, as is done?. Regarding running time, how long it would last with a 5V battery and 2100 mAh? Would not it be better to use a solar panel with the features needed in this case? Know anyone that fits these characteristics and where to buy?.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:b44fe8a3-68a9-4e6b-d79f-d950d505dd332013-04-16T10:26:13-06:00<p>Take a look at the USB Weather Board Datasheet linked above. Sleep mode is not programmed into the stock firmware, but the board is Arduino-based and very easy to write your own programs for.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:80494e7e-c5c2-fe5f-f2b5-6bbffc0d2a9e2013-04-16T08:22:50-06:00<p>i tried using hyperterm but still nothing happen. n i had tried the coolterm as your suggestion and it success. thanks for your guide.</p>Customer #429503 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #429503urn:uuid:6bc152f3-52e7-2c3d-b70e-79d935e9ae622013-04-16T06:02:50-06:00<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am interested in use USB Weather Board SEN-10586 with LPC1769 by UART connection. Is possible to put this board in sleep mode (reconnect sending characters or other system)? Have a detailed manual for configuration and operation ?. I need more information to connect and operate &hellip;
Thanks.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:1b2c5118-2636-4332-2005-a19235c3acb02013-04-15T11:56:37-06:00<p>You have clicked the Hyperterm window to make it active?</p>
<p>You are holding down the CTRL key and pressing the Z key?</p>
<p>You might try a different terminal program, such as <a href="http://coolterm.softpedia.com/" rel="nofollow" >Coolterm</a>, but this should work in Hyperterm.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:6c55673f-e0bb-a7d6-0e03-f8b99c0d74be2013-04-14T19:48:19-06:00<p>im using hypertrm program..</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:775e728a-c214-c820-7a21-53b1d42d5ec12013-04-14T14:18:35-06:00<p>What terminal program are you using?</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:b38c1b25-52ed-76a1-039a-df8b86dd08332013-04-14T01:38:13-06:00<p>yes, i had make sure both switch set to USB but still nothing happen.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a904c3e6-d431-75b0-a20e-72046b032f5a2013-04-13T12:12:59-06:00<p>Make sure both switches are set to &ldquo;USB&rdquo; before sending CTRL-Z.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:8d0130c0-7694-8185-112e-ad3d00c9c4f62013-04-13T04:05:16-06:00<p>i just recently able to see the live data. as for now, i would like to ask how i able to change the default behaviour of the board because when i sen a ctrl-z, nothing happen as i would like to change the units for temperature and wind speed.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:7fabfd51-8d2e-32ca-d21c-f14d48ef8def2013-04-12T23:31:35-06:00<p>thanks for the feedback. i had read on the datasheet and i also had connect the usb board to my laptop which is success. the problem i have now is how to run it and is there any specific software should i installed in order to run the board.this is because when i connect it to my laptop, there were nothing happen..and also what does it mean by ANSI-aware terminal program?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e7d5b64e-b4ef-40ac-4916-cb8d9b71adf02013-04-11T13:46:33-06:00<p>Take a look at the <a href="http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Sensors/Weather/USB_Weather_Board_V3_datasheet_110615.pdf" rel="nofollow" >USB Weather Board Datasheet</a> which is in the links at the top of this page; if that doesn&rsquo;t answer your question let us know and we&rsquo;ll be happy to help you out.</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:3d6238ec-b2ec-6030-1469-6fd41bdd9e9d2013-04-11T09:25:33-06:00<p>hai, i just bought this usb weather board and i have problem which i not be able to connect it with the weather board. anyone willing to help me to set up this thing especially on the programming? thanks</p>Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413137urn:uuid:bc95cc3a-e773-4a84-4a11-b01e3b2a3a1f2013-04-09T00:46:10-06:00<p>@mikerector: hai, can you help me to set the usb weather board with the software. I had installed the software but i have no idea how to play with it.thanks.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e613356f-161e-8574-5e9f-b0084409a11b2013-03-12T10:45:24-06:00<p>I&rsquo;ll add that this wind speed sensor is naturally limited in resolution by the two-ticks-per-rotation internal sampling and the inertia of the spinning portion, so it may not be able to provide the nervousness you need. You might look into another type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer" rel="nofollow" >anemometer</a> such as sonic or hot-wire that are more instantaneous and might be better suited for your application.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:15d109e1-ba48-8c90-7f28-2d4c3bf949102013-03-12T10:37:35-06:00<p>That <em>is</em> a mini-B USB plug (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#Host_and_Device_interface_receptacles" rel="nofollow" >they all have five pins</a>, look at the cable end). If you&rsquo;re having problems getting a standard cable into it, it may just be that the new connector is tight. If you continue to have problems please contact our Tech Support department and they&rsquo;ll get you a replacement board.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:8cfc60da-f7b6-b99b-b77a-cc960d2b7ee02013-03-12T10:32:29-06:00<p>A sample rate of 0 will make the board sample all the sensors as fast as possible, however this is limited by the fact that the pressure and humidity sensors take a while to complete their readings. If you don&rsquo;t need those sensors you could bypass them in the code and speed things up.</p>
<p>As far as I recall there is no low-pass filtering on the wind data except for debouncing of the rotation sensor, which is quite noisy. (There&rsquo;s also an upper limit on the rotation timer, which will zero the wind speed if it doesn&rsquo;t get a tick after four seconds). If I&rsquo;m doing the math right, the current code uses 20ms of debounce per revolution, which limits the max rate to 50 revolutions per second, which is equivalent to 132 MPH. If this isn&rsquo;t enough for you by all means change the code (and send us pictures of what you&rsquo;re using it for!)</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:4ab9f818-1585-404e-7bf4-5b467ec4b9d42013-03-12T10:17:14-06:00<p>Hi, the Weather Board comes with code pre-installed and working, so you do not need to upload code to it UNLESS we provide an update OR you want to write your own code.</p>Customer #413867 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413867urn:uuid:53010ef0-0488-6d16-bf6a-d300f2c7b7162013-03-12T02:11:42-06:00<p>Can any one please give the code that should be uploded to the board so it will work . Because I got it new and I am not able to programe it also I do not now how .</p>Customer #121099 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #121099urn:uuid:df281423-8db3-d210-72e5-92073c0043ef2013-03-11T19:47:10-06:00<p>Can&rsquo;t make readings faster than 1 per sec approximately and also there seems to be some sort of low pass filtering on the wind speed data. Anyway of making this faster and more nervous ? Tried putting sample_rate at 0 but didn&rsquo;t help. Thanks anyone for your time.</p>Customer #275743 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #275743urn:uuid:85102b30-5f1f-ff28-5bd1-28c436d66b322013-03-02T18:04:15-07:00<p>This uses a USB mini or micro plug that I have NOT used before.
Can anyone tell me the cable needed from Sparkfun?
It has 5-pins male in a mini USB plug???
I am connecting it to the Weather Board above.</p>
<p>Dennis
Thanks fr the help!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a74cdfbf-ed7c-4b64-cfbe-9bf0b71896d52013-02-28T10:21:35-07:00<p>We don&rsquo;t really do sales. If a new revision comes out (none are planned for this board) we will sometimes reduce the price on the old one to clear out the stock. Or you could try to win one of our contests or free day. But other than that, sorry. :(</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:8165f4fe-0e11-eb82-ce5d-b4d70c5dd3282013-02-28T10:19:10-07:00<p>We don&rsquo;t use MikroC, so no we can&rsquo;t. The firmware link above is in plain text, and was written in Arduino C, so you should be able to easily understand or port it to other systems.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e663dbbc-705f-b19a-b4ca-647d9b1faff12013-02-28T10:17:24-07:00<p>You should read through the &ldquo;USB Weather Board V3 Datasheet&rdquo; linked at the top of this page; it should answer all your questions.</p>Customer #413867 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #413867urn:uuid:2d8fca98-d123-a7ee-3ee4-cabb50404b7f2013-02-28T06:19:09-07:00<p>output reading is it analog or digital ! because I am doing a project and I want to use to be samulated with labview .</p>
<p>Also the output reading is it just a number or its in volteges !</p>
<p>wating your reply</p>Customer #412350 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #412350urn:uuid:6e13116c-9066-72ce-09c6-9b3e0eae27eb2013-02-23T21:58:06-07:00<p>Can you send me the code in MikroC because i dont know the formulas of finding their specific value displayed in LCD.. pls email it to donbermoy@engineer.com</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e308a147-6013-56a6-d6b0-77b0e8c772dc2013-02-21T09:35:09-07:00<p>The Weather Board will use about 15mA without a radio. Not sure about the Logomatic, I&rsquo;d guess it&rsquo;s in the 25mA range.</p>JamestheQuack on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBJamestheQuackurn:uuid:41ec6cfe-5a53-a89f-37b6-40140e371d6c2013-02-21T06:24:37-07:00<p>Any chance of this board ever going on sale? (I have a psychological barrier about paying more than $100 for it)</p>Customer #399259 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #399259urn:uuid:f36653f6-eed0-74d9-360c-5130bc7a422a2013-01-26T17:18:18-07:00<p>Hey guys. For the 3.7V Lithium Power battery, how many ampere&rsquo;s does it need to run the USB weather board AND the Logomatic V2 Serial SD Datalogger? I want to make sure I know which battery to get before I start buying parts and I am out of luck on the power. Thanks!</p>timi on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBtimiurn:uuid:312274fd-e561-3900-00a1-454d217030802013-01-25T16:16:36-07:00<p>guys, can somebody help me figure out how to make this board to work with the rn-xv module https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11047 ? I am desperate to make them work :(</p>Customer #400890 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #400890urn:uuid:a24663b2-fec8-49ea-e174-8f9882443ac32013-01-24T06:18:25-07:00<p>Thanks for the info, it was great help. I had a feeling that was the problem with the compilation errors, the files were there but arduino didn&rsquo;t read them for some reason. Downloaded a newer version of arduino and everything was fine.
Thanks again, Craig</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a2cb369c-0def-e420-e5bc-183ad1e044452013-01-22T10:46:35-07:00<p>Regarding the compilation errors, it sounds like you haven&rsquo;t properly installed the libraries that came with the .zip file. Drag the &ldquo;libraries&rdquo; folder in the .zip file into your personal Arduino sketches folder (on Windows this is normally &ldquo;my documents\Arduino&rdquo;) and allow it to overwrite anything there. You&rsquo;ll also have to close and restart the Arduino IDE for the libraries to appear. Once you do that the example code should compile without errors.</p>
<p>Regarding logging the data, you won&rsquo;t be able to use a USB stick as this board is not a &ldquo;USB host&rdquo; (rather, it is something that you plug into USB). But it&rsquo;s very easy to log data serially. You can connect an OpenLog or other serial datalogger to the TX pin on the board. You will probably want to change the data output on the Weather Board to CSV (comma-separated values) as this is a good format for logging.</p>
<p>I hope this helps, please ask if you have further questions.</p>Customer #400890 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #400890urn:uuid:fd22c29d-9bef-9ca0-2afc-ff2acc7772e02013-01-22T09:24:37-07:00<p>Hi guys, just wondering what the best way would be to log data when placing the weather board outside, as in could you use a simple usb stick or would you have to do something via a serial port.</p>
<p>I am new to all this. When I downloaded the firmware and tried to compile it it keeps giving me errors. Just wondering what changes I could make or am I doing something stupid. Just want the firmware code to compile first before I start making changes.
For the weatherboard I got these errors</p>
<p>for lines 86&amp;87 it says SHT1x and SFE_BMP085 does not name a type
for lines 211&amp;303 it says the pressure sensor wasn&rsquo;t declared
while for line 275 the humidity sensor wasn&rsquo;t declared</p>
<p>The BMP085 file had similar errors but the file SHT1x is giving me errors which may be the ones that are causing me problems in compiling</p>
<p>In file included from ReadSHT1xValues.ino16: &hellip;&hellip; error: expected &lsquo;,&rsquo; before&hellip;.
I think the file just may not be read right and I&rsquo;m not sure why. Any help would be immensely helpful</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:2b4798b2-b2e5-e718-ccb2-26ebf3bf9d022013-01-18T10:44:03-07:00<p>This board outputs plain text serial data at 9600 baud, so it&rsquo;s compatible with the <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10216" rel="nofollow" >Logomatic</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9530" rel="nofollow" >OpenLog</a> serial dataloggers. A few people are working on weather software for this (see the comments above), but you can also open the text file in any spreadsheet for graphing and other analysis since the output is comma-separated values. Hope this helps, see the datasheet and ask if you have other questions!</p>Customer #399259 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #399259urn:uuid:fc4856ee-98e8-8b78-ef79-50640add80df2013-01-17T17:11:17-07:00<p>I&rsquo;m looking at making a tornado probe for storm chasing. And this looks like a good piece of equipment to get! I just have some questions. I have looked at the dataloggers on this site and saw a good one. It&rsquo;s the Logomatic v2 Serial SD Datalogger. Would that be compatible with this board? Also, does the data open in a text file? Is there a weather program where you could download the data into like graphs and stuff?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p> Scott</p>Customer #398900 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #398900urn:uuid:1641520a-b9bf-baa7-1df6-f4c0b6ed025f2013-01-16T11:28:48-07:00<p>thank you for your reply.</p>
<p>wish me luck :P</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:0e1766fd-d25a-8f14-5585-36c44932f8262013-01-16T10:20:18-07:00<p>The &ldquo;Eagle Files&rdquo; link following the product description are files for the <a href="http://www.cadsoftusa.com" rel="nofollow" >EAGLE</a> schematic and PCB editor that we use. When opened in Eagle, you can extract a bill of materials and change the board and schematic all you wish. Like many of our products, this board is Open Source, so you can modify and use the design as you see fit. Good luck!</p>Customer #398900 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #398900urn:uuid:856d7c64-2379-37d0-ef25-3abce72a83662013-01-16T06:03:35-07:00<p>hello,</p>
<p>i am looking to buy the SEN-10586, but after i do i will have to make this board round and create few changes, but i have few questions before i proceed:</p>
<p>could you please let me know if you have a downloadable parts list or BOM file?
can i freely do modifications to this board?</p>
<p>regards
Thanks</p>uChip on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBuChipurn:uuid:0749d3a9-5349-73dc-a8a6-f052186984512013-01-12T15:38:26-07:00<p>(replying with an update) I was able to solder in the sockets for the XBee/WiFly and RJ11s without seriously damaging anything. Since I had already set up the WiFly for telnet (See my post on that product page) I just plugged in the WiFly and opened up a connection. I started seeing weather data immediately. Since everything seemed to be working, I plugged in a new freshly charged LiPo battery (PRT-00341), restarted the connection and let it run. It ran on the battery for 15hrs, 25min, 29sec. The battery voltage started at 4.13v and the last reading before it failed was 3.43v. I suspect it would have run longer with the LiPower Boost Converter (PRT-10255). I guess I&rsquo;ll be picking up one of those next. Doing the math (850mAHr/15.43472HR) gives an average current draw of 55.1mA. That&rsquo;s pretty rough guestimate at this stage. I want to experiment to nail that down better. Also, I had the transmitter set to full power. I expect I could back that off some. Anyway, still liking this product!</p>uChip on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBuChipurn:uuid:ec4cf8b8-0f4e-5d6b-738e-d2e9af4746b12013-01-11T11:16:14-07:00<p>My USB Weather Board arrived in the mail yesterday. I plugged it into an old camera USB cable and connected via Terra Term. Within minutes I was getting weather data back from the board. I really thought it would be harder to set up. Thank you Owens &amp; Grusin for a great design! The anamometer, weather vane and rain bucket have yet to arrive, so I still have time to brush up on my soldering skills. My XBee WiFly came in the same shipment, but I&rsquo;ll save that comment for that product page. I&rsquo;ll report back when I get the two married up or when I have more questions. ;-) Great job Sparkfun!</p>aerofart on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBaerofarturn:uuid:bd1f5980-4e09-e869-9f78-972125b151922012-12-23T18:55:37-07:00<p>Well, turns out I was able to stumble my way into a working solution, employing essentially the same advice you&rsquo;ve given here (setting CSV output on the USB Weather Board being the biggest problem with my setup). Everything seems to be working fine now, but I&rsquo;m still not sure about how the update-rate matching works between Weather Display software and the USB Weather Board. They each have a way of setting the data refresh rate, so if even if you have the same update rates set on both of them, I wonder how it is that they actually sync? The USB board PUSHES the update, the Weather Display software PULLS it. So are there twice as many updates?</p>
<p>What I&rsquo;d really like to do, ideally, is get a front-end set up for this using Processing or some other easy-to-program graphical application development software. Are you aware of any such projects ported to the USB Weather Board?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:1eef0db3-ed38-eb30-7f2d-1316a096f6bc2012-12-22T18:52:58-07:00<p>i too ran into that problem i&rsquo;m not sure why it does that,(it did seem that at first it wouldn&rsquo;t read the data but after about 3-4 min, it would read everything fine), but i found that if you shut the software down and reboot the board, wait for the board to reboot, (status led flashing at the preset data transfer interval) then start the software, it will then start receiving data. be sure to set the board to output csv data, not ansi and baud rate at 9600. it should then be working. hope this helps.</p>aerofart on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBaerofarturn:uuid:4b786cd4-47bf-d3ba-7e75-fd3b268a338a2012-12-21T19:48:06-07:00<p>@mikerector: How did you get the WeatherDisplay software to work with the USB Weather Board? I downloaded a trial copy and haven&rsquo;t been able to get it to work properly. Sometimes it talks with the board (but gives erroneous readings), other times it does not even communicate with the board. I have selected the &ldquo;Sparkfun&rdquo; board in the Control Panel settings. Are there any other settings or procedure to follow that I need to be aware of? For that matter, what other display options are available for this weatherboard? Thanks.</p>aerofart on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBaerofarturn:uuid:a09635d8-4cd9-c1ee-503c-b33fae5e36dd2012-12-08T06:50:33-07:00<p>Has anyone successfully used this board with a WiFly?</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:3860cee9-6374-a16f-4be9-e29aa4607c2a2012-11-17T10:01:41-07:00<p>After some trial and error this morning, when trying to add the external TEMT6000 BOB, you must reverse the vcc and gnd to the sensor in order for the usb weather board to read the light correctly. before i was reading 0.0% in full light, after studying the schematics for both, i found that the BOB reads the signal from the GND side while the usb weather board reads the signal from the vcc side. simply switching the vcc and gnd fixed the issue. also, the 10k resistor on the TEMT6000 BOB needs to be changed to a 1k like on the usb weather board in order for the voltage to scale correctly</p>Customer #121099 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #121099urn:uuid:1d7bd042-0a53-6acb-6d08-56f67b5b1b4a2012-10-30T12:28:10-06:00<p>ok forget about that I did not choose the right board. You need to select Arduino Pro or Pro Mini (3.3V, 8MHz) w/ ATmega 328 in the tools -> board menu.</p>Customer #121099 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #121099urn:uuid:824d65fc-1c6b-66e9-a4a9-512cfd8aab062012-10-30T12:13:30-06:00<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m having trouble converting what&rsquo;s coming through serial in max or processing and make sense of that. Anyone did that before ? Can you point me in the right direction?</p>
<p>thanks,
Patrick</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:f30752dc-a9ff-e60b-3405-6a725233cba82012-10-09T11:00:57-06:00<p>The pins marked &ldquo;2&rdquo; and &ldquo;5&rdquo; on the board go to unused pins in the Rain connector, but do not connect to the microcontroller. They&rsquo;re there to allow you to run extra lines up to the Weather Meters (if you replace that cable with a 4-conductor model).</p>
<p>There are some unused pins brought out to the programming connector; D11, D12 and D13 (MISO MOSI and SCK). You can use those to bring in an additional rain gauge signal.</p>
<p>Arduino gives you easy access to interrupts on D2 and D3, but those are already being used by the anemometer and rain gauge. The AVR <em>can</em> respond to interrupts on any pin if you write the right code. It&rsquo;s a bit more complicated than the dedicated interrupt pins, so see <a href="http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/PinChangeInt" rel="nofollow" >this guide</a> and Google &ldquo;arduino pin change interrupt&rdquo; for more information. Good luck!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:3189911d-a06b-0ac7-28f8-4c2a1db5a23b2012-10-08T18:07:08-06:00<p>Thanks for your comments. We have people on-staff whose job it is to decide what the final price of our products will be, which is a very important calculation as it keeps us from going out of business. The cost above the BOM covers our operations, which includes sourcing, purchasing, and storing thousands of different parts, running very expensive machines to build and test the boards, the initial and maintenance engineering of the hardware and firmware, paychecks and health insurance for all these people, etc. etc. But note that the design files and source code are up there so you can build your own boards at a lower cost if you&rsquo;re able; while you&rsquo;re doing so you can even improve the design if there are things you don&rsquo;t like about it.</p>prairie mystic on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBprairie mysticurn:uuid:f6caef3f-a639-1f8e-19b9-da6c34012dd02012-10-08T17:18:47-06:00<p>Sparkfun, this is a good product but seems ridiculously overpriced. Can you check.</p>
<p>Parts costs are less than $60 (SHT15 sensor is half of that), leaving $65 for pcb+assembly+profit, after the $125 selling price.
Missing are all the connectors (Xbee, RJ11&rsquo;s, JST), the SFI watercap.</p>
<p>The sensors should be on their own (breakaway) PCB, so they can be mounted properly.</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:9a5a8121-cb9a-7289-6c9c-7798815ad4dd2012-09-23T00:35:17-06:00<p>Hello, maybe someone can help me.</p>
<p>I need to use the &ldquo;unused&rdquo; pins marked as 2 and 5 in the board. i need to attach another rain gauge, so, how can i configure the source code to enable these pins as interrupts?? or maybe to replace the const int RAIN = 2;, to the pins mentioned above.</p>
<p>thanks for the help.</p>rwizard on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBrwizardurn:uuid:cc9f3815-03ef-a864-377d-6e3c415dcb7f2012-09-07T11:50:00-06:00<p>A couple of suggestions&hellip;</p>
<p>(1) It looks like there may be some unused i/o&rsquo;s - how about making them available on a header for those of us who want to do more? Tack soldering wire-wrap wire to the pins is sooo tiresome.</p>
<p>(2) SOLAR CHARGING - plug in a li-po or gel-cell, plug in a solar panel, and go.</p>
<p>(Unless you want to start selling the BetaBatt - that would be cool ;) http://www.betabatt.com/</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:144f866d-397d-584a-17fe-53d019ca083d2012-08-27T12:14:10-06:00<p>Take a look at the links from <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10586#comment-4fb159ff757b7fa701000001" rel="nofollow" >this earlier discussion</a>. The problem is that you do want it exposed to freely-moving ambient air, but don&rsquo;t want it to get wet or be exposed to direct sunlight. Traditionally this means housing it in a white-painted box with lots of louvers to let the wind through.</p>UNTEngineer on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBUNTEngineerurn:uuid:272434a3-625f-7995-d01c-8b76b5aa5daf2012-08-26T13:47:33-06:00<p>What water-proof/water-tight enclosure do you guys recommend to put this in?</p>UNTEngineer on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBUNTEngineerurn:uuid:cfe0cbc2-1cf2-0fd5-8f94-62854340b67c2012-08-26T13:44:13-06:00<p>Will you be making a revision with the charging feature?</p>
<p>It seems rather inconvenient to have to go to a remote Weather Station to recharge the battery every time it runs out, besides its not very good for the battery if we do leave it to run completely dry.</p>
<p>So then, I&rsquo;d have to get a Solar Panel, a charger, the battery and then wire all that up to this.</p>
<p>Also It would be rather convenient if you guys included the 2 XBee headers with this, preferably as SMD parts to make it easier on soldering them on.</p>Sincity337 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBSincity337urn:uuid:b436bd0b-1fa3-d0bb-1b00-f9da97f55f162012-08-26T11:38:16-06:00<p>Hi Folks,</p>
<p>Ordered 3 of these boards and serial LEDs to use in a lab here at work. They work very well and the sensors on the board are very accurate. Anyway,
The boss wants me to display the output on a large led matrix to be able to view from a distance (in a hangar, to give you an idea of the scale). So, was wondering if anyone here has an idea for me to explore. I&rsquo;m not a programmer and I really don&rsquo;t have the time to invest in building my own matrix. Does anyone have experience interfacing to a commercially available led matrix? If so, please by all means point me in the right direction. Any positive suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>Customer #158582 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #158582urn:uuid:b1113519-e539-46a4-27e8-ea355cad9fa72012-08-26T11:10:39-06:00<p>Done. Im using now a software called Coolterm, and its way cool xD. I can log and send whatever comand I want. Thanks, you where right, the problem was the carriage return.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e950cd14-e601-8a54-8618-d8da4051c66c2012-08-21T09:47:31-06:00<p>Ensure that your serial terminal program is correctly sending carriage returns at the end of your input. If you&rsquo;re using the Arduino&rsquo;s serial monitor, ensure that the dropdown menu at the bottom of the window is set to &ldquo;carriage return&rdquo; (linefeed should work as well).</p>Customer #158582 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #158582urn:uuid:428522fb-2f6c-4bbd-66ea-b6152954be032012-08-21T00:48:41-06:00<p>HI. I already have 1.2v Firmware uploaded, I enter in the config menu (sending CTRL Z).</p>
<p>When I enter in &ldquo;6. Station altitude (1596 meters)&rdquo; it asks for &ldquo;Enter altitude in integer meters: &rdquo;. So the I enter Any number and it only freezes. Do I need to send the altitude in any special format(Ascii/HEX)?. It happens too when I enter in &ldquo;3. Sample rate (2)&rdquo; It just freeze after I enter ani number. Thank you</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:24bcbae3-5520-a4c7-c60c-f896878b6a722012-07-09T16:33:22-06:00<p>Settled, <a href="http://www.summitpost.org/un13-635-electric-pass-peak/155085" rel="nofollow" >Electric Pass</a> it is!</p>Toni_K on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBToni_Kurn:uuid:19ec8b9f-ec94-d57a-738d-f13574375a882012-07-09T16:23:03-06:00<p>An epic video where I am NOT the lab rat being experimented on. I just want to watch other people <a href="http://tacticalip.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stand_back_square_0.png" rel="nofollow" >making science</a>.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:71068aae-a8e3-c5a2-9d26-bbd0dcf7d3642012-07-09T16:02:48-06:00<p>Be careful what you wish for.</p>Toni_K on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBToni_Kurn:uuid:1c9d1201-1f51-7b41-b940-272843f3d9b72012-07-09T16:01:29-06:00<p>Please tell me there will be an epic product video testing this new one out&hellip;</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:0ad0c12c-d49d-b4c2-952c-34b421eba2762012-07-06T11:27:31-06:00<p>We&rsquo;ve got a breakout board for that part in the works. Stay tuned!</p>Customer #23453 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #23453urn:uuid:55d7bb84-4292-fc0f-cbf7-a3eb7e5e9f592012-07-06T10:03:56-06:00<p>Maybe add lightning detector? (AS3935 Franklin lightning sensor). A breakout board for this chip would be really nice ;-)</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:c305e96c-0817-d28e-c381-4845683bcdbf2012-06-18T20:21:35-06:00<p>i tried with the cpp in the .zip of the link on the top, but i got too wrong measures. then i modified the .cpp file to those constants, and i was able to read the pressure correctly.</p>
<p>i don&rsquo;t know if you have the latest version of the file in the zip, because when the board was new, the readings were accurate, then when i upload the code in the .zip file above, i started to experiment the issues in the accuracy. i&rsquo;ll very glad if you can confirm if the SFE_BMP085.cpp is the correct file that comes in the board by default.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a980199a-a81f-1e9d-6f4c-5d6ff370741c2012-06-18T19:13:05-06:00<p>Which SFE_BMP085.cpp are you using?</p>
<p>Those constants are the calibration numbers, which are put into each BMP085 by the factory since they&rsquo;re different for every BMP085 made. The SFE code linked at the top of this page retrieves these numbers from the chip itself during the initialization process. It doesn&rsquo;t store them as constants within the .cpp file.</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:35eca88d-31e8-8ac2-ec99-8ef4230729812012-06-18T18:59:23-06:00<p>hi, i had the same problem with the sensor bmp085.</p>
<p>After a long, long investigation, i noticed that the constants in the file SFE_BMP085.cpp are causing the trouble.</p>
<p>i put these constants that worked for me (as an advice, backup the actual constants you have before try it)</p>
<p>AC1 = 8664;
AC2 = -1175;
AC3 = -14551;
AC4 = 34407;
AC5 = 24861;
AC6 = 16892;
VB1 = 5498;
VB2 = 63;
MB = -32768;
MC = -11075;
MD = 2432;</p>
<p>I only have a little problem with the temperature, but as a workaround, i&rsquo;m using the SHT15 temperature.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a80382ba-2458-438e-0952-eb6387dd94482012-06-11T11:47:14-06:00<p>The stock code and default (ANSI) data format include pass/fail windows for testing, which were chosen to be appropriate for our factory floor (<a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10586#comment-4eaad858757b7fd35100b288" rel="nofollow" >more</a>). The &ldquo;pass&rdquo; pressure window is between 25 and 35 inches of Mercury, which roughly correspond to the all-time record high and low pressures on the earth&rsquo;s surface. If your board is reading outside that range, it&rsquo;s likely that something is wrong with it; please contact <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/static/technical_assistance" rel="nofollow" >techsupport</a> and we&rsquo;ll be happy to help you out.</p>
<p>To access the menu system, you need to send the board a control-Z character. This may be impossible from the Arduino&rsquo;s serial monitor, so you can either use a different terminal program (Hyperterm, Tera-Term, Realterm, etc.), or alter the code to use a different character.</p>Customer #324718 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #324718urn:uuid:0df0ff62-5091-ceb1-6535-985f3ad9897f2012-06-11T00:09:05-06:00<p>Have just got one of these and fired it up. A couple of quick questions. Why does it display preasure as failed and what CTRL-Z command do I give to configure?</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:266fa6cf-d011-ee59-e45f-bcdd8cf3f4582012-05-14T15:22:55-06:00<p>ok, thanks a lot for all the help, i&rsquo;ll do my best.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:26c10b4d-7ac0-a11d-c160-3a757e3394612012-05-14T15:14:36-06:00<p>The only serious rule I know of is that you shouldn&rsquo;t get the humidity or barometric sensors wet. They can deal with high humidity, but not liquid water. (For that matter, like any of our boards, it shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to get wet while in operation, as this will eventually lead to corrosion and failure.) But with a proper enclosure and protection from the elements, the board should perform very well.</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:605a0f14-8a07-a555-bc47-251d4e897d062012-05-14T14:34:48-06:00<p>Thanks for advice Mike, i&rsquo;ll study the options you gave to me. Only i have one more question: any sensor needs special protection? or are designed for heavy-duty forecasting?
regards.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:66abd5ae-ff3e-a455-344d-73dbd322b9442012-05-14T13:16:15-06:00<p>We&rsquo;re not professional meteorologists, <a href="http://www.carterlake.org/stationsetup.php" rel="nofollow" >but you&rsquo;ll find a lot of advice out there to help you out</a>.</p>
<p>To ensure accurate readings you&rsquo;ll want to choose your station location carefully (away from large areas of hot asphalt, etc.) You&rsquo;ll also want to protect the board from direct exposure to sun and rain, while ensuring that it is still exposed to freely moving, unheated ambient air. This can be tricky, but If you look at professional (government) weather stations, you&rsquo;ll see that they use <a href="http://www.novalynx.com/fireweather.html" rel="nofollow" >louvered structures</a> to protect the instruments from sun and rain while still exposing them to airflow. Many of them also use small fans to keep air moving across the instruments.</p>
<p>You can replicate this type of enclosure yourself, see these web pages for construction ideas: <a href="http://users.otenet.gr/~meteo/project_stevenson-screen-box.html" rel="nofollow" >Stevenson screen box</a>, and <a href="http://users.otenet.gr/~meteo/project_radiation-shield.html" rel="nofollow" >radiation shield</a>.</p>
<p>Any other advice out there? Post your ideas here!</p>guayo on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBguayourn:uuid:798d7052-30f6-0024-d613-804018fce2842012-05-14T12:01:27-06:00<p>Anyone of you have an example or tutorial of how this <strong>board must be deployed</strong>, i mean, the correct packaging for outdoors and work properly without damaging the board beause the rain, sun, humidity, etc. thanks a lot.</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:b428b3e2-1036-011e-557b-ed79c4fc14a92012-05-13T04:01:55-06:00<p>I have asked Brian, of weather-display software,</p>
<p> http://www.weather-display.com/index.php</p>
<p>to add support for this board. after a week of beta testing with him, he has released a new version of the software that now supports the sparkfun usb weather board. i have used this software in the past and if you&rsquo;re serious about weather, this is the software to use! Go check it out and if anyone has questions on how to set it up with the sparkfun usb weather board, just ask me and ill be glad to help!</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:b1b86692-14a8-2c93-7080-6e0cf6f26f432012-05-13T03:55:32-06:00<p>i had this problem also, no matter what software i used. what i did was open up the code and change the:</p>
<p> if (Serial.read() == 0x1A) // CTRL-Z</p>
<p>to:</p>
<p> if (Serial.read() == 0x6A) // lowercase j</p>
<p>then all you do is press &lsquo;j&rsquo; to access the menu.</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:1695bb6a-a1b0-2c1e-4f38-e36799c40dcc2012-05-04T05:41:10-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s all good, it&rsquo;s working now and i can proceed with my project. things happen sometimes and in no way does this affect me buying from you guys again. Sparkfun ROCKS!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:9516c59c-644e-0730-a798-0ff7878684a32012-05-03T17:21:57-06:00<p>Very sorry about that. Every board is visually inspected and physically tested, so I don&rsquo;t know how that happened (maybe it was physically damaged in shipment?) You can always contact our customer service or tech support departments if you have any problems with any of our products, and we&rsquo;ll do what it takes to make things right.</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:a95b16e0-2e8d-b731-f86d-e6bd02ec9fe12012-05-03T16:19:26-06:00<p>FYI, i could use a set of the weather meters for my troubles when they come back in stock. ;)</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:710d767d-6fa4-cf97-d113-0527509133db2012-05-03T16:15:38-06:00<p>Well, the one i got today, the humidity sensor was crooked on the board, with 2 of the legs with no solder on them or connected whatsoever. i took pics, then soldered them and it worked fine. i didn&rsquo;t notice it till i connected it to the pc through usb and the humidity and humidity temp were reading negative values and saying &ldquo;FAIL&rdquo;. i figured i&rsquo;d just fix it myself instead of going through the hassle of sending it back and waiting for a new one.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:2a994a4a-2646-3286-9115-522e70b8bd282012-05-03T14:44:17-06:00<p>Yes. Did I get it right?</p>mikerector on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBmikerectorurn:uuid:e6f6ae2a-7ca6-2307-9d39-7f3589a717382012-05-03T14:23:49-06:00<p>Question&hellip;
Do you test every board?</p>
<p>(yes, this is a trick question.)</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:a798db80-da0d-3cea-e4f6-c5d71c4763cc2012-04-29T14:24:28-06:00<p>Try a different terminal program (Tera-Term, Coolterm, Realterm, Hyperterm); the serial monitor built into Arduino isn&rsquo;t great at sending control codes.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:2dc66a10-f359-0778-d53d-e1c6587557972012-04-29T14:17:33-06:00<p>Unfortunately neither PD7 nor PB2 are broken out of the chip (when routing a board you sometimes need to make sacrifices). Possible workarounds are: (1) if you absolutely need those pins and are skilled at soldering, you could solder fine wire directly to the chip, or (2) alter your 1-wire code to use different pins that <em>are</em> available on the board (if you&rsquo;re not using ISP programming, B3 B4 and B5 are unused and broken out to the ISP header).</p>Customer #235805 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #235805urn:uuid:3b7bbc73-a28c-7630-e91a-7d4c2323cbe92012-04-25T10:24:48-06:00<p>If I hook a 1-wire device into PD7 or PB2, is Arduino going to support this? That is, will the pin assignment work? I will probably use the code laid down by <a href="http://sheepdogguides.com/arduino/ar3ne1tt.htm" rel="nofollow" >sheepdogsoftware.co.uk</a> to handle the actual communication. I got a little hesitant when the Arduino Port wasn&rsquo;t called out in the schematic.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:4bb95dff-3a6c-3a78-8c71-6e62df2b3ca92012-04-10T18:36:12-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s easier to connect an XBee to the new Weather Board as opposed to the older one, but it can be done. The product page for the older Weather Board, including schematics, is <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9800" rel="nofollow" >here</a>. The older Weather Board doesn&rsquo;t have a footprint for an XBee, but it does have a header for a BlueSMiRF, and you can run those signals to an XBee. You&rsquo;ll probably want an <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8276" rel="nofollow" >XBee Breakout Board</a> and <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8272" rel="nofollow" >sockets</a> to make it easier to connect the XBee to the Weather Board. Good luck!</p>Val_27 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBVal_27urn:uuid:d3eb6523-76dd-c055-c7b7-41f5130414ce2012-04-09T23:13:47-06:00<p>thanks mike Sorry my question is for the weather board version 2</p>
<p>Hi guys one question i can connect the Wheather board with xbee? i wish do system with xbees and arduino any suggestions?</p>
<p>MikeGrusin|about 12 hours ago 1</p>
<p> reply|report</p>
<p>Yes, the Weather Board has a footprint on it for an XBee. See the datasheet for more information.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:c09e79e2-df55-720f-924d-e43ebc56b4a92012-04-09T10:52:01-06:00<p>Yes, the Weather Board has a footprint on it for an XBee. See the datasheet for more information.</p>Val_27 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBVal_27urn:uuid:f44ffa76-6ca3-f0c4-2604-345a83a3a9372012-04-08T23:18:52-06:00<p>Hi guys one question i can connect the Wheather board with xbee?
i wish do system with xbees and arduino any suggestions?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:718988d8-2aac-13b0-b133-447cf9e0d3342012-03-26T09:24:39-06:00<p>If you hold the board so the &ldquo;Light&rdquo; label is right side up, the solder jumper is the solder blob inside the white square immediately to the left of the light sensor. You don&rsquo;t need to cut anything, just heat and remove the solder blob so that the two halves are separated (<a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9327" rel="nofollow" >solder wick</a> is the easiest way to do this), and connect your external light sensor to the nearby header pins (labeled on the underside of the board). If anything is unclear, always feel free to ask.</p>bdicken on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBbdickenurn:uuid:ed2942ea-ab1a-f36d-2297-fbe10d0e2c072012-03-26T07:54:29-06:00<p>Before I ask what may be my last question on the board, I have to say you folks have been amazingly patient with me on this project. Thank you.</p>
<p>So my (hopefully) last question is - where is the solder jumper that I need to break to add my external light sensor ? I just want to make sure I cut the right trace</p>
<p>Thanks</p>BillM on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBBillMurn:uuid:6b1877c5-5a9d-009f-bdaf-217cc1fe5f0e2012-03-20T09:25:38-06:00<p>Not to reply to my own reply, but now I see there is the WRL-10822 which looks to be hardware compatible with the XBee hardware but uses WiFi. Has anyone actually tested this with this weather board? There appears to be a picture of the setup on the WRL-10822 page.</p>BillM on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBBillMurn:uuid:1e5777c3-c24d-43fa-0b4d-4d85f7ad8ffc2012-03-20T09:20:37-06:00<p>I, too, would like to interface a WiFly to this, but upon reviewing the schematic, it appears as though only 3 of the necessary 4 pins are broken out (D10(SS) is not, D11-D13 are). I&rsquo;m not one to solder leads straight to SMDs so not sure if this is feasible.</p>JerryE on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBJerryEurn:uuid:feffd6aa-05b6-b6ad-5c09-7f2c51f98b142012-03-14T20:36:27-06:00<p>Has anyone connected this using a WiFly RN-XV module SFN pn WRL-10822? If so does the firmware work with the WiFly module?</p>jstoaks on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBjstoaksurn:uuid:9c039cf2-b982-ae2c-3bf8-0058b29c209d2012-02-24T10:23:18-07:00<p>I built up a clone of this board with all basic components, You can check out my work here. http://www.stoaks.net/index.php/2012/02/19/building-a-weather-station-clone/</p>NickS23 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBNickS23urn:uuid:26cd8a36-d4d9-3d6f-5a2d-7f226fc38d6e2012-02-18T19:47:29-07:00<p>I&rsquo;m having the same issue, not getting any config menu when sending CTRL-Z, continues to to receive. Tried the above solution but unfortunately isn&rsquo;t working for me either.</p>bdicken on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBbdickenurn:uuid:7070addf-fd0d-58a2-7d53-baae41cc89752012-01-24T20:24:41-07:00<p>Compiled perfectly. Thanks</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:17bf8694-7ec2-989b-d355-c97c5401d07c2012-01-24T12:18:48-07:00<p>We&rsquo;ve updated the firmware for Arduino 1.0; it&rsquo;s available at the top of the product page. Please let us know if you find any problems, and have fun!</p>bdicken on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBbdickenurn:uuid:cbaadb16-25ff-9df4-7513-09775272951b2012-01-20T14:16:13-07:00<p>I am too much of a rookie to go back ! I have enough on my plate. Thanks for the lightening fast response.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:789efca4-c825-308e-b4ca-3f2485bffcac2012-01-20T13:22:01-07:00<p>Oops! Good catch. Those errors are there because the firmware hasn&rsquo;t been updated for Arduino 1.0 (which has several features that are not backwards-compatible). You can try compiling it with an earlier version of Arduino, or wait a few days while we update the code. Watch this space for an announcement. Thanks for the bug report!</p>bdicken on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBbdickenurn:uuid:cd2a7873-484a-82d8-eb4f-a7519f7268ea2012-01-20T06:45:41-07:00<p>New to both Weatherboard and Arduino so be gentle. I&rsquo;m compiling the firmware V1.1 ( I will need to make some changes later) and coming up with some errors. The board is NOT connected yet.</p>
<p>3 have me scratching my head.</p>
<p>C:\Users\Bill\Desktop\arduino-1.0\libraries\SHT1x/SHT1x.h:18:22: error: WProgram.h: No such file or directory
// the file is there. The version that came with the firmware so I&rsquo;m not getting why this one.</p>
<p>Weather_Board_3.pde:-1: error: conflicting declaration &lsquo;const int SCK&rsquo;
C:\Users\Bill\Desktop\arduino-1.0\hardware\arduino\variants\standard/pins_arduino.h:43: error: &lsquo;SCK&rsquo; has a previous declaration as &lsquo;const uint8_t SCK&rsquo;</p>
<p>// these look related. But odd</p>
<p>Have I missed a basic setting in the environment somewhere ?</p>TimCole on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBTimColeurn:uuid:415ef201-12b2-d321-c442-8b4b8ade1c452012-01-09T12:43:06-07:00<p>Call me paranoid, but I still don&rsquo;t entirely trust the Arduino programming environment. &ldquo;If it ain&rsquo;t in hex, it ain&rsquo;t real!&rdquo; Certified dino-speak, eh? If I start saying, &ldquo;Back in the old days&hellip;.&rdquo; shoot me! Please!</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:bba6917a-8b9c-c1f0-57f6-6af26f3e023d2012-01-09T12:08:39-07:00<p>If you&rsquo;ve used a hardware programmer to wipe the bootloader (encouraged!), you can restore it by first reinstalling the Arduino bootloader using the hardware programmer, then uploading the sketch over serial using the Arduino IDE.</p>TimCole on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBTimColeurn:uuid:2a61f848-9a81-f6c2-7c7e-7e60dd5c14872012-01-07T22:18:13-07:00<p>Do you SFE folks have a hex file image of the Version 3.1 firmware? It would be awfully nice to have a known good backup in case I manage to foul something up.</p>TimCole on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBTimColeurn:uuid:8ddea7d2-8f98-058f-b87a-fb453d97f6532011-12-27T11:10:19-07:00<p>Thanks, Mike. I&rsquo;ve got WINAVR, CodeVision, and AVR Studio on my system, and a Windows search just opened a floodgate. I&rsquo;ve never used the Arduino IDE (I like CodeVision just fine!) but porting code just to make a few tweaks isn&rsquo;t worth the trouble.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:18ce5753-66e5-4f2b-7f92-219a9fdb9bf72011-12-26T16:38:07-07:00<p>Includes are often very hard to find, so don&rsquo;t feel stupid. On my system, avr/eeprom.h is in C:\Program Files\arduino-0022\hardware\tools\avr\avr\include\avr. Windows search is a good way to find deeply-buried files like this.</p>TimCole on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBTimColeurn:uuid:8811efc5-e75f-1d13-59a0-c2319e7cc8b92011-12-25T21:47:35-07:00<p>I&rsquo;m going to feel rather stupid when someone answers this. But, at least I won&rsquo;t be (quite as) uninformed.</p>
<p>In the &ldquo;Weather_Board_3.pde&rdquo;, there&rsquo;s an #include directive:</p>
<p>include &lt;avr[backslash]eeprom.h></p>
<p>Where do I find that header file?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:502815a3-4b92-c321-13de-1a54317ea09f2011-11-15T10:35:52-07:00<p>No, this board doesn&rsquo;t have an onboard charger, but you can use one of our separate LiPo charger boards to do so.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:38de1411-fc1c-faad-62d6-44cb95204d992011-11-15T10:31:56-07:00<p>You should be able to use the standard Arduino IDE to compile and upload code to the board. The main gotchas I know are:</p>
<p>Make sure both switches are set to &ldquo;USB&rdquo; before uploading code.</p>
<p>Ensure you&rsquo;ve set the Arduino IDE to the correct board type (&ldquo;Arduino Pro or Pro Mini (3.3V, 8MHz) w/ ATmega328&rdquo;)</p>
<p>Also ensure you&rsquo;ve selected the right COM port (you can check this in the Windows Device Manager)</p>
<p>If you&rsquo;re using a Mac, you may need to press the reset button on the board right when upload begins.</p>
<p>Do you own another Arduino product, and can you successfully program that one? If you&rsquo;re continuing to have problems, please contact tech support and we&rsquo;ll be happy to help you out.</p>Customer #241426 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #241426urn:uuid:ac2aeb5a-33eb-ce4d-82ae-23a1bfced7a32011-11-13T19:30:48-07:00<p>So, can someone tell me exactly how they compile and upload code to this board? I&rsquo;ve tried several versions, both firmware from here as well as alt firmware and none of the firmwares compile.</p>
<p>Can someone tell me how they&rsquo;ve compiled the code, and how they were able to connect to the board to upload it? I&rsquo;ve tried as a Uno, a ATMega with 328, etc. I pasted a copy of my error here: http://pastebin.com/vSNU8TK0</p>
<p>Actually I just looked on page 7, and saw instructions for how to connect. Will retry, thanks.</p>
<p>Yea, still get the same errors, I&rsquo;ll give it a rest for now, any help would be appreciated tho.</p>MrBiek on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMrBiekurn:uuid:c3ac95cf-3728-6915-9750-f5ba2cb3857b2011-11-12T00:10:25-07:00<p>So does this board support LiPo battery charging as well?</p>Customer #41918 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #41918urn:uuid:76d12a29-f958-bc4f-a7bf-df7fa69720cf2011-11-04T00:56:23-06:00<p>If you are interested, I have connected this weather board to embedded WiFi board called Carambola. See project details here: http://www.8devices.com/wiki_carambola/doku.php/carambola_pachube</p>BillM on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBBillMurn:uuid:e1b0454d-2b80-5ade-ee05-8dfa08d8333b2011-10-13T11:42:57-06:00<p>Just curious if anyone has had success powering one of these from a solar panel with a lipo plugged in for overnight power? I&rsquo;d like to mount this in the middle of a yard and use a solar panel to charge the battery during the day and still maintain sensor readings and transmission via an xbee.</p>kawish on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBkawishurn:uuid:951b7053-95c0-c6f9-18cf-1237794b97c02011-10-02T14:17:32-06:00<p>Got the answer!! my bad.. flow control should be none. .. with baud rate 4800.</p>kawish on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBkawishurn:uuid:683d51c5-c1c6-5f5b-e2aa-60efb780c25e2011-10-02T14:06:31-06:00<p>sorry for being dump!! I am applying CTRL-Z combination but no change occur&hellip; no menu nothing.. I am using arduino serial monitor and also tried on hyper terminal.. but still no luck!! waiting for input.. kindly suggest what should i do now?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:0663ad2f-89d2-8b80-5064-587fcf97d6e82011-09-15T14:04:31-06:00<p>Every board we build is tested so that we know it was built correctly. To support this, the default ANSI mode in the supplied firmware will test each sensor output and display FAIL if it is out of range. The ranges were chosen to be reasonable for our factory floor where testing is done, For example, the temperature should be between 65F and 85F. If the reading is outside that range, there&rsquo;s either a problem with the board, or with our HVAC system. If you don&rsquo;t have the Weather Meters connected to the board, windspeed and rainfall readings of zero will show as FAIL since our test jig simulates input to those sensors. (Note that you can turn off data from the nonexistent Weather Meters via the menu).<br/>
If you&rsquo;re getting reasonable values for the actual sensor outputs for your location (which may have different conditions than our factory floor), than nothing has FAILed. If the actual sensor numbers do look very wrong (e.g. the temperature is 255F and you&rsquo;re still alive), then there&rsquo;s likely a problem with your board, and if you contact techsupport at sparkfun, we&rsquo;ll be happy to help you with it.<br/>
If you don&rsquo;t want the board to output these pass/fail values, you can switch to a different output mode, or easily alter the firmware to delete those statements. Hope this helps!</p>Customer #24259 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #24259urn:uuid:d1e1d187-6a30-f19e-870c-33afd5c564692011-09-04T15:20:43-06:00<p>Why is FAIL showing up on random lines of the boards output?<br/>
Using xBee, can communicate both directions (responds to +++ fine), can see the boards menu, getting data every 5 seconds.. But temperature, pressure, light and wind speed show FAIL at the end of their data lines&hellip;<br/>
Yesterday it was temperature and humidity.. What has Failed, why is FAIL(ed) being displayed?<br/>
Thanks</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e77f5527-62d4-6180-db1a-f13566b184642011-08-30T10:47:20-06:00<p>The easiest way to accomplish this would likely be to send data from the Weather Board to an Arduino plus Ethernet Shield programmed to pass the serial text data to whatever Ethernet address/port you require.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:6154277c-8523-1540-6942-c6afe335ee902011-08-30T10:44:46-06:00<p>First, configure the Weather Board to output the LCD format using the menu, and save that configuration. Then connect the Weather Board&rsquo;s TX line to the LCD&rsquo;s RX line. The easiest place to do this is probably the XBee header JP6, which also includes VCC (3.3V) and GND to power the display (the bottom of the board has markings for pin numbering).</p>tim7 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBtim7urn:uuid:2d60ff83-f078-ff18-b92a-8a47c400670d2011-08-30T10:08:55-06:00<p>Thanks Mike, I hadn&rsquo;t thought of using I2C. On reflection an Arduino Pro hooked up as an I2C slave is probably what I need.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:abad0330-0530-6ad8-a741-156ae02c8c932011-08-29T10:59:50-06:00<p>That&rsquo;s correct, those pins are available for your use. The expansion connector does breakout the I2C bus and power, making it easy to add additional I2C sensors.</p>tim7 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBtim7urn:uuid:50916149-a383-6337-cf7c-b0da706046272011-08-28T10:07:35-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m intending to add some extra I/O devices to this board, when it arrives. I was hopeful that the expansion connector would break out some of the unused microcontroller pins, but this doesn&rsquo;t appear to be the case.<br/>
However, looking through the code, it appears that RF-CTS, RF-RTS, MISO, MOSI, and SCK are connected but not used (Arduino pins D5, D6, D11, D12 and D13). Can anybody confirm this?</p>Head_Gnome on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBHead_Gnomeurn:uuid:881caed3-171d-c38e-a20b-b4f534573fc52011-08-25T12:31:48-06:00<p>When the rain gauge switches, the switch contact mechanically bounces. A fast IRQ routine counts some of those bounces thereby giving a false reading. There are two solutions:<br/>
Hardware: check out the MC14490. It&rsquo;s a great chip for solving this type of problem.<br/>
Software: add a 100ms interlock to the IRQ routine. Get the current millisecond time and compare to last time IRQ was called. If less than 100ms, do nothing. If more than 100ms, update time of last IRQ and increment count.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:ea2fc911-30ba-6194-ed68-119e872f55b72011-08-25T10:14:05-06:00<ol>
<li>The Weather Board effectively -is- an Arduino, that&rsquo;s been preprogrammed to measure and send weather data to a PC or any other system with a serial port, including a (second) Arduino. (You&rsquo;d just run the Weather Board&rsquo;s 3.3V TX line to the RX line of an Arduino).</li>
<li>See #1, this board does not require a separate Arduino to function. If you want to add GPS data to the stream, it&rsquo;s certainly possible - during testing we did this by connecting a GPS to an unused pin in the ICP connector, and used the NewSoftSerial and TinyGPS libraries to receive and decode the data. We then added the desired GPS data to the output stream. (The current software is close to the memory limit, so you&rsquo;d need to delete unused features before adding more code.)</li>
</ol>
Sabvriel on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBSabvrielurn:uuid:e72720e4-85fe-e32c-ba5c-3a52fc86a5002011-08-23T11:38:13-06:00<p>Couple of questions.<br/>
1. How does this connect to the ARDUINO?<br/>
2. If I put a GPS on the ARDUINO, would it still talk to your PC via the Zigbee on the weatherboard?</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:f9957ffb-b790-f24b-dec1-9ed94d5e1b0e2011-08-18T09:41:11-06:00<p>New version of code for the USB Weather Board v3.0:<br/>
1.2 grualia release, 2011/08/18 http://www.grualia.com<br/>
Download in the link:<br/>
http://www.grualia.es/download/software/Weather/WeatherBoard3v12.rar<br/>
Functionalities:<br/>
- the sensor works as an altimeter<br/>
- with two sensors, we can run one as a BASE and another as MOBILE, where it can be more accurately adjust their altitude with corrections that will send the BASE<br/>
- fast menu<br/>
- the code does not fit in the memory of the micro, which are a compilation constants we can indicate what output format we want and if we want a description or a quick menu<br/>
We are very grateful that we use it and report any error. Thanks</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:3f9307a2-735d-a2ae-e2d9-b1582d2e2e4f2011-08-16T00:44:57-06:00<p>The problem is solved. You can put up to 1 send each 255 seconds.<br/>
Download in the link:<br/>
http://www.grualia.es/download/software/Weather/WeatherBoard3v11.rar</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:4750a798-e819-a356-c179-358312a4abf42011-08-14T08:32:37-06:00<p>Ok, this tuesday we look the code for fix this problem. What sample rate do you guess? I think that maximum is a byte, 255 seconds, I dont&rsquo;t know why don&rsquo;t accept 32 seconds the code? We look it this the tuesday, ok?<br/>
Thanks for report problems.</p>Chanler on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBChanlerurn:uuid:57c5a6d6-ba03-b5e3-99a3-d6f1e345165e2011-08-13T22:56:53-06:00<p>In playing around with it, I can&rsquo;t set a working sample rate longer than 32 seconds. I&rsquo;m guessing something is being stored or interpreted as an integer (32k value) and that&rsquo;s causing this funny business but I haven&rsquo;t found it in the code yet.</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:3d93b8a0-f748-af73-e954-b43935e420de2011-08-12T08:04:58-06:00<ul>
<li>we modify the library BMP085 and we added a library of UNITS for create fastly units for temperature, pressure&hellip; This library of UNITS is our, but we allow the use.</li>
<li>we solve problems of SRAM in ARDUINO with large strings</li>
</ul>
Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:cd221ad7-a445-3dd4-fe84-8ba99155164e2011-08-12T08:03:25-06:00<p>Hi all.<br/>
We present the new version of code:<br/>
1.1 grualia beta, 2011/08/12 http://www.grualia.com<br/>
Download in the link:<br/>
http://www.grualia.es/download/software/Weather/WeatherBoard3v11.rar<br/>
In the next version 1.2 we will allow view correctly the altimeter.<br/>
Remember update all libraries added in the compress file.<br/>
1.1<br/>
- fix errors that math formulas, sensor infinites waiting, bad logarithmic operations, communication port blockings, memory access problems,<br/>
- we change the CSV (it is NMEA really) and ANSI string. We have to do it because in the next version 1.2 release, we can to select if sensor is a BASE (to send corrections to other sensors) or MOVIL (that receive the correction). Now, we can have one MOVIL fitted correctly with one BASE. Of this way, we can have one real ALTITUDE corrected.<br/>
- more units of temperature, pressure&hellip;<br/>
(continue)</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:c8bf9e89-c2bc-6929-4928-26e8ff4e9fc32011-08-10T05:10:38-06:00<p>We solve all the problems of the arduino code. In few days, we upload a version of code in our page. I hope that sparkfun&rsquo;s programmers haven&rsquo;t any problem.<br/>
1.0 initial release, 2011/06/27 http://www.sparkfun.com<br/>
1.1 grualia beta, 2011/08/12 http://www.grualia.com<br/>
1.2 grualia release, 2011/08/19 http://www.grualia.com<br/>
We are development project about (Research + Development + Innovation) (RDI).<br/>
We post here a link to download the new code.</p>Grualia on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBGrualiaurn:uuid:fd37acc5-d6de-16f1-b37c-bdd0327cd4bb2011-08-08T11:54:01-06:00<p>I have bought the sensor USB Weather Board v3.0 .<br/>
A series of problems has happened to me on having been connecting / disconnecting to the sensor. When I have disconnected several times, and I return to connect, only it comes to me for the serial port the word &ldquo;RESET&rdquo; and already it does not come at all more&hellip;<br/>
I have been checking the code and have thought that it might be that exists any crash in the protocols I2C and have left a small delay after the line:<br/>
TWCR |= _BV(TWEN);<br/>
// Delay<br/>
delay(250);<br/>
// start BMP085 temperature reading<br/>
With this one line added, it seems that me the sensor goes better. But i&rsquo;m not sure that with this it solves&hellip;<br/>
You has this happened to someone already?</p>dcoban on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBdcobanurn:uuid:d938fe98-7cdf-5098-9a4c-d7b912de3e0c2011-08-08T06:03:19-06:00<p>Ok. I have sparkfun serial enabled LCD display. Can you tell me how can I connect LCD display to sparkfun weather board.</p>fboesche on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBfboescheurn:uuid:c4366016-9ba6-f97f-ccd6-9fe5ff1927ca2011-08-07T19:31:12-06:00<p>I have connected weather board to weather meters. rainIRQ() interrupt routine is giving false counts. Any suggestions?</p>Customer #243090 on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBCustomer #243090urn:uuid:471d1389-0dfe-cc6f-a31e-30b7614651922011-08-06T21:04:33-06:00<p>Can you add an ethernet shield to this board? If so, could someone point me in the right direction on how to do so. Thanks!</p>Pearce on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBPearceurn:uuid:fa319de8-494b-341a-7fde-20edae3810522011-08-04T13:36:01-06:00<p>Yup, it&rsquo;s all set to work directly with our serial enabled LCD displays.</p>dcoban on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBdcobanurn:uuid:ae138ba2-1380-d56d-a7e0-e5d1b380c5942011-08-04T05:43:04-06:00<p>Can I use lcd display with this board. is it possible?</p>RobertC. on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBRobertC.urn:uuid:8e3fcf7e-4169-7a46-f125-8a4bafadaf6d2011-07-20T14:57:36-06:00<p>Nope, sorry, couldn&rsquo;t fit it in there! We have various chargers though.</p>Chanler on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBChanlerurn:uuid:f65cf80c-055c-102b-9bbc-6b08c4ac48ac2011-07-20T14:13:44-06:00<p>Does this have any capability of charging the battery while connected to USB or another external power source?</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:5b326095-3143-6677-de80-298a6a88ba082011-07-18T16:01:38-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s confusing. Here in the US, &ldquo;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_units" rel="nofollow" >English</a>&rdquo; is a common term for non-SI units, though it&rsquo;s probably more accurate to say &ldquo;imperial&rdquo;, or according to Wikipedia, &ldquo;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Customary_System" rel="nofollow" >United States Customary Units</a>&rdquo; (bleh).<br/>
Great call on more data formats! The code is VERY easy to modify to output new formats, so don&rsquo;t be afraid of diving in if you need the board to do something special.</p>robbage on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBrobbageurn:uuid:8733ac80-ede5-0d4c-0d53-0d221563f8962011-07-16T07:13:09-06:00<p>Metric isn&rsquo;t English?<br/>
Hopefully a future version can support data output compatible with Peet Bros. Ultimeter series. There&rsquo;s plenty of documentation for their formats.</p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:0e4fbba3-813d-3000-762a-c0db966ed9202011-07-13T11:56:53-06:00<p>It&rsquo;s even easier than that - there&rsquo;s a menu option for English or metric. If you want Kelvins, you&rsquo;ll need to modify the code. ;)</p>EvanTeitelman on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:3e5e73e9-4b9c-e4e4-f134-ea0c27672b0d2011-07-12T12:44:30-06:00<p>You can use this formula to do so:<br/>
<em>C = 5/9(F-32)</em></p>MikeGrusin on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBMikeGrusinurn:uuid:04c1708e-2915-eaf4-0ba3-e899d3055f632011-07-12T10:11:08-06:00<p>Great idea! The board has also been set up so it&rsquo;s straightforward to add an external light sensor.</p>RobertC. on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBRobertC.urn:uuid:bc580897-c381-70fa-3538-4f94356221ce2011-07-12T09:57:03-06:00<p>Yes, it should work with every xbee module except for the XTend.</p>RobertC. on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBRobertC.urn:uuid:ba86c4cc-bb5b-68ce-b273-e92ff78305de2011-07-12T09:40:33-06:00<p>Check the firmware link above, you can change the code to output whatever you want.</p>Javiman on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBJavimanurn:uuid:52aa6ef8-7024-3626-7a99-3998632bd9612011-07-12T08:43:16-06:00<p>Also, can I change the temperature from F° to C°?</p>Javiman on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBJavimanurn:uuid:3be16f11-7ac0-54bd-8b77-be7c67355bdf2011-07-12T07:13:00-06:00<p>Hi,<br/>
Can it be used with an Xbee different from the 1mW one? I need more distance.</p>EvanTeitelman on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:c486a36a-5176-dbff-9d75-6a8579bf4aaa2011-07-09T21:07:28-06:00<p>Or smother it in hot glue.</p>Richard Hart on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBRichard Harturn:uuid:1148eb57-e2aa-19e4-5228-84494894bbc02011-07-08T22:54:17-06:00<p>Since we&rsquo;re talking only relative measurements, why not use some <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10695" rel="nofollow" >Light Pipe - Clear Core 6 mm</a> to bring &ldquo;daylight&rdquo; to the light sensor?</p>zerth on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBzerthurn:uuid:52e855c7-ea43-1950-26fd-869693747ceb2011-07-08T07:40:45-06:00<p>Despite the &ldquo;Got weather? This board can handle it.&rdquo; line, you probably should put this in a case before deploying:)</p>EvanTeitelman on SEN-10586 - Weather Board - USBEvanTeitelmanurn:uuid:01a2cc94-0b0f-4422-3601-f70e5415f5ec2011-07-07T17:13:13-06:00<p>I like the isolation you guys did around the humidity and pressure sensors.</p>